News & Events (Archive)

TuksHockey : Men remain victorious, ladies beaten first time in 8 years
Posted on 26 Sep 2010

Last weekend was one of mixed emotions with our ladies team losing their provincial title for the first time in 8 years, but the men remain victorious.

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Deneys Reitz Tax Thesis competition
Sonja van der Waldt
Posted on 23 Sep 2010

The winners of the Deneys Reitz Tax Thesis competition for 2010 has been announced. Prof Madeleine Stiglingh of the Department of Taxation is the winner in the doctoral category.

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Prof Thoko Majozi wins the (SAIChE) Bill Neal-May Gold Medal Award
Posted on 23 Sep 2010

Prof Thoko Majozi wins the South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE) Bill Neal-May Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Achievement and International Recognition

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Election Results
Posted on 23 Sep 2010

The Student Parliament election results were announced by the Independent Electoral Committee on Thursday, 23 September 2010.

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Research project of R2,4 million on Indigenous Knowledge Systems will empower community
Martie Maree
Posted on 23 Sep 2010

A R2,4-million research project funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) that will address Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) from a multidisciplinary perspective in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM) was recently approved.

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University of Pretoria offers training on policing and law in Somalia
Posted on 22 Sep 2010

The University of Pretoria's Centre for Human Rights held a training course on policing and international law for 12 members of the Somali Police Advisory Committee (PAC), which is supported by the United Nations Development Programme. The committee is based in the part of Somalia?s capital city Mogadishu that is controlled by the transitional government.

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Public Conversations 2010: Where is South Africa Today?
Corena Garnas
Posted on 22 Sep 2010

Join some of SA's most respected speakers for this exciting conversation series designed to encourage public intellectual activity at UP and in the broader community.

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UP's Brightest Young Minds
Posted on 22 Sep 2010

Mario Fasondini, Adam Heyns, Johann van den Bergh and William Jiyana from the University of Pretoria recently attended the BYM Summit in Stellenbosch.

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Mathematicians celebrate the opening of the Laboratory for Advanced Computation
Ronél Oosthuizen
Posted on 22 Sep 2010

On Friday, 17 September 2010, the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics opened its doors to welcome visitors from far and wide.

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Visit by social work colleagues from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, USA
Liana le Roux
Posted on 21 Sep 2010

Two colleagues from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, USA, recently met with our head of department, prof. Antoinette Lombard.

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